And we can go over this as many times as you like, Robert – the fact that The “Truth” About Guns is a for-profit enterprise (as evinced by your advertisements on the right column) combined with the fact that you were not specifically criticizing, commenting upon, teaching with, or researching the image itself, all but removes the ‘fair use’ excuse from your available means of not taking responsibility for your ass-hattery.

And that is just the law, which Alan was not confining himself to – taking other people’s pictures without their permission and then lying about actually getting that permission is simply scumbaggish, and wholly representative of your attitude and the way you run your site, Robert.

Fair use doesn’t mean “steal it until they yowl”. The fair use exception is specific. It’s for review and commentary. You didn’t review the photo. You didn’t comment on it. You just stole it. Or rather — you copied and displayed it without consent and in a situation not consistent with fair use.